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I found a Deuce with a winch that the owner is willing to sell me, but it's a gasser and I've got a multi-fuel truck. Will I be able to bolt-up that winch and PTO unit? It sounds like the driveshafts are different, and I'm just wondering if there's anything else that won't cross-over.

I'm interested in hearing about what wheels/tires you're running too.

4130 is kind of a waste to use if you're just building an exo-cage. You can't get enough triangulation to build a very strong cage that way, so you might as well just use DOM. Many many racecars use rollcages built with DOM tubing, and unless you're going to take full advantage of the properties...

Search pirate4x4 if you want to read some of the arguments for/against using poop-pipe to build rollcages. For what you're building, I don't even think that's such a bad idea. It's the 'corners' that I have a problem with. There's just no way that you can weld those up to be safe without...

It's not about being pretty. A rollcage should like like whatever it needs to look like to do it's job. But what you're building is just not safe (compared to a well-built rollcage). Sorry dude, those corners just don't cut it.

Butt-welded pipe? Ugh. That's heinous. Sorry.

OK, thanks anyway. If you do want those blueprinted, I can do it for you (for free). Just send me a PM if you're interested.

Are the 5-ton wheels widely available? How much are they going for? Looks like all you have to do is adapt new center-plates. Is that right? What about the offset/backspacing?

I need to make a custom reinforcement plate for my M109 so that I create a pass-through between the cab and the box. Any chance you might be willing to send me blueprints to use/modify?

Those look sweet! What's the deal? 20x11" with 2 or 7" of backspacing? I wouldn't want to run different wheels front and rear though. Do you offer them with backspacing would work well front AND rear? What type of shells are they and do these wheels come with beadlock insert/liners?

That's a great suggestion. I was planning on putting a 10ft Alaskan Camper on the back of a Deuce until I decided to build an M109. Still got that Alaskan Camper and it's for sale...

Right on. When did you pick up a Deuce?

I don't see how that would work. At least, not with the stock suspension and if the frame/tongue are configured anything like the pics you attached. Just think about how the rear suspension on a Deuce works.

Take a look at the M109's.

My buddies did that to my truck when I got married. Never was able to get all the paint off.

No. Extracooler. Haha.

Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to go this route on my M109.

Fair enough. That's a good point about the difference between design and manufacturing.

OEM will sell you just one double-splined axleshaft and one lockout to use on a rear axle. Better is better. In this case either might product be good enough, but the OEM lockout sure looks like a better-made product. For the same price? Obvious choice if you ask me...

The mechanical linkage steering thing is an urban myth. Someone posted a $500 bounty on Pirate4x4 a few years ago, offered to anyone that could cite where fully hydraulic steering is illegal, or that a mechanical linkage between the steering wheel and the front wheels is required. If you think...